| Date |
Author |
Title |
Abstract |
| 2007-12-17 |
Michael Cariaso |
SNPedia: A Wiki for Personal Genomics |
A few years ago, having gained familiarity with various microarray platforms, I figured out how to run my own DNA and extract the details. By cataloguing my single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), I knew 500,000 facts about myself, but had no idea about their implications. As my resources were more technical than financial, starting a wiki made more sense than starting a genetic testing company. |
| 2007-11-13 |
Michael Cariaso |
Sunny Skies for Compute Cloud |
Buying CPUs by the hour is back. Marketing apparently decided that ‘On Demand’ sounds pushy and ‘Utility’ and ‘Grid’ are too rigid. This time it will be called a ‘Cloud’, and it will be running inside Amazon.com. |
| 2007-10-10 |
Bill Van Etten |
Next-Generation Sequencing Problems and Solutions |
How will the ability to generate so much more sequence so cheaply affect the sequencing market, and what are the IT implications for analyzing all this data? |
| 2007-06-13 |
Chris Dwan |
Of Sequences and Sneakernets |
The data explosion hits even the smallest labs with the arrival of terabyte-producing lab instruments. |
| 2006-12-14 |
The BioTeam |
Top Ten BioIT Trends for 2007 |
Each of us at The BioTeam contributed a few topics (in no particular order) that we think will be important to watch closely in 2007. |
| 2006-11-15 |
Chris Dwan |
Personal Virtual Machines |
Virtualization has turned an important corner: it is now a productivity tool for the individual user. |
| 2006-July-Aug |
Chris Dwan |
Power Users |
A look at power consumption monitoring. |
| 2006-05-12 |
Bill Van Etten |
Say Bonjour to Dynamic Services |
A look at dynamic services through a static URL. |
| 2006-04-14 |
Bill Van Etten |
Easing In to Ease of Use |
Why can't today's bioinformatics research tools be as simple to operate as the iPod? |
| 2006-02-17 |
Chris Dwan |
Notes from the Lab: Multicore and More |
How do the new multicore production servers stack up against the classic systems? |
| 2006-01-11 |
Chris Dwan |
Interfaces will save the World |
Well-defined interfaces can exceed expectations. |
| 2005-08-15 |
Chris Dwan |
Workflow Environments Guide |
A useful workflow environments buyer's guide. |
| 2005-07-15 |
Chris Dagdigian |
Adventures in XML Transformation |
Chris Dagdigian discusses the transformation of raw XML data into different output formats. |
| 2005-05-12 |
Bill Van Etten |
Apple's Captivating Tiger |
Apple's OS behaves well right out of the box |
| 2005-04-24 |
Chris Dwan |
New Tools for New Biology |
New interfaces are required for the next generation of students. |
| 2004-01-12 |
Bill Van Etten |
Lies, Liars, and Benchmarking |
Benchmarking and the introduction of the Informatics Benchmarking ToolKit (IBT) |
| 2004-03-17 |
Chris Dagdigian |
Cluster Tricks: Grid Engine License Juggling |
Using Sun Grid Engine to juggle software licenses |
| 2004-04-16 |
Bill Van Etten |
Zero Chances to Go Wrong |
Inside the Box column on connecting Sun Grid Engine with Zeroconf open protocol to discover nodes in a cluster |
| 2004-06-15 |
Chris Dagdigian |
Breaking Up with RedHat Is Hard to Do |
Inside the Box column on issues related to which Linux distribution is best for you |
| 2004-07-15 |
Bill Van Etten |
R Is Ready to Rumble |
Inside the Box column on the use the R statistical package in informatics. |
| 2004-08-15 |
Chris Dwan |
Grid Computing: Turning Hype into Reality |
Inside the Box column by Chris Dwan on Grid Computing |
| 2004-10-12 |
Chris Dagdigian |
It's Alive! Notes from the Lab |
Cool technology he has been testing. |
| 2004-11-19 |
Chris Dwan |
Bridging Gaps with Web Services |
Discussion on the role of Web Services to facilitate scientific computing |
| 2004-12-15 |
Bill Van Etten |
XXX-Rated |
A review of and experiments with Apple Xserve G5, Xserve RAID, and Xsan at UPitt. |
